Chapter 943: Zhao Shen is soft-hearted, Zai Zhi breaks into the palace
Chapter 943: Zhao Shen is soft-hearted and Zai Zhi breaks into the palace
"Wang Hu, how many years have you been following me?"
Zhao Shen said leisurely.
Wang Hu was stunned, kowtowed and cried, "My family suffered a disaster and my parents died early. In the first year of Jianyan, I was taken in by the old prince. After the old prince passed away in the thirteenth year of Shaoxing, I became a small official in the Imperial City! So far, it has been thirty-seven years. !”
"Yes, thirty-seven years! It was more than twenty years ago when you and I first met! So, in my heart, you are different from others.
Others are foreign ministers, but I have always regarded you as a retainer.
Among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, you are the one I trust the most! Therefore, I will leave the Imperial City Division, the most important person to me, to you..."
"Your Majesty..." Wang Hu kowtowed and cried loudly, "I am guilty of death. I owe you to Your Majesty and the grace of the old prince to live..."
"Go and help me with one last thing!"
Zhao Shen said quietly.
Wang Hu's body froze, and then he heard Zhao Shen say, "Go and supervise the matter in Kuizhou personally! No matter who is involved, I don't want the process, I just want a result! Do you... understand..."
"Back off!"
Wang Hu solemnly bowed to Zhao Shen three times, and then cried, "My lord, farewell to your Majesty! Your Majesty, take care..."
After that, he stood up and retreated out the door! Looking at the blood on the ground and on Wang Hu's head, Zhao Shen suddenly felt a little reluctant to let go. This man had been with him for decades, and had been with him from the most dangerous time until now! He is his most loyal dog and his sharpest knife! He has made great contributions on his journey forward!
"Wang Hu! Wait until this matter is over! You can retire..." Zhao Shen suddenly spoke! Wang Hu paused, his eyes were not surprised but moved!
Outside the palace gate, Wang Hu bowed again and then strode away!
"Wang Quan, do you think I have softened my heart? Is it right or wrong for me to keep him?"
"Your Majesty's benevolence is a blessing to your ministers!"
Wang Quan said respectfully, but as for the other question, he didn't say anything! As a minister, especially a close minister, there are some things that you can't say.
Otherwise, it is both right and wrong!
A chamberlain came to the door of the hall in a panic. Wang Quan walked out of the hall, listened to the chamberlain's whisper for a moment, and then returned to Zhao Shen's side.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Ye, Prime Minister Shi, all the ministers in the court, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, the imperial censor, and others want to see you!"
Zhao Shen sneered, "No!"
Wang Quan nodded and waved to the chamberlain, who hurriedly left.
The chamberlain moved forward all the way, out of the Daqing Palace Gate, and then out of the Nangong Gate, where he saw a group of ministers headed by two prime ministers!
Seeing the eunuch returning, all the ministers immediately moved forward! However, they saw the eunuch taking two steps quickly and said anxiously, "My lords, please wait a moment. Your Majesty has something important to do, and it is not appropriate to summon you at the moment! Please be patient and calm. Let’s return to the official office first and wait for His Majesty’s summons!”
"What!"
Ye Yong was slightly angry, "You eunuch, we are the prime minister and important ministers, how dare we stop you!"
After saying that, Ye Yong turned around and said loudly, "State affairs have their own laws, and even your majesty cannot be partial to personal interests! Everyone, for the sake of the Song Dynasty, follow me and enter the palace to meet the saint!"
After the words fell, Ye Yong stepped towards the palace gate! The servants hurriedly stopped him, and the guards guarding the gate also lined up in a wall, but they didn't dare to do anything casually! Of these people present, any one of them would lose a hair. They took their lives, but once they broke into this important place of the palace, would the Holy One take their lives?
"My lords, please wait, don't make things difficult for the little ones!"
The commander of the guards only felt that he was unlucky. Why did he encounter such a troublesome thing while he was on duty?
After saying that, he hurriedly shouted to the chamberlain, "Why don't you hurry up and report to Your Majesty!"
Upon hearing this, the chamberlain turned around and ran towards the back hall again...
In the Qinzheng Palace, Wang Quan came to Zhao Shen. When he saw Zhao Shen closing his eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and then whispered softly, "Your Majesty, Ye Xiang and the others are outside the Nangong Gate and want to break into the palace to meet the Saint. , and now he is having a fierce quarrel with the guard guarding the door!"
brush!
Zhao Shen's eyes opened, and they were full of sharpness!
"Crossing the palace to meet the saint! It seems that I am too kind to them!"
Zhao Shensen said sternly, "King Quan, go in person and punish those who break into the palace twenty times and expel them from the palace!"
"His Majesty!"
Wang Quan looked shocked! Something big is going to happen now!
"What are you asking? Why don't you go quickly!"
Wang Quan could only get out of the palace gate, waved his hand to a group of servants, and hurried towards the palace gate.
"You all listen to me. The Holy One has decreed that any courtier who breaks into the palace will be punished and expelled from the palace! However, you also know who those people are. If there is any negligence, be careful that I will skin you!" Twenty battles, one battle cannot be missing, but you cannot let your masters be skinned!"
After explaining carefully, Wang Quan hurried to the gate of Nangong!
Seeing the ministers headed by the two prime ministers, the king's power was as powerful as a fight. At this time, he had offended all these people to death.
"My lords!"
Wang Quan hurriedly saluted! Even though he was the number one servant and the popular figure in front of the emperor, he was still a low-ranking person in the eyes of the Prime Minister.
Seeing the posture of the group behind Wang Quan, the leader Ye Yong sneered, "What?
Your Majesty still hasn’t seen us?”
The reason why these people are so tough and even dare to break into the palace to continue to anger the current Zhao Shen is not actually the matter itself, but Zhao Shen's actions that angered the prime minister!
Generally speaking, the emperor controls the decision-making power, while the prime minister executes the management power! Therefore, in some cases, the power of the prime minister is even greater than that of the emperor! Especially in the Song Dynasty, because all dynasties valued civil servants, they even had to share the power with the scholar-bureaucrats. The ancestral motto of "Tian Xia" brought the power of the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty to the limit, and even the prime ministers of the past dynasties coveted the emperor's decision-making power.
But this time, Zhao Shen did not go through the court and directly ordered the Imperial City Division to handle the matter! The Imperial City Division was the emperor's private army, which meant that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were directly put aside, and it also meant unilateral deprivation. The right of the Prime Minister! In this case, Ye Yong and others will naturally resist, which is why even Shi Hao cannot escape the reason why they came.
If this becomes a common practice, or is used smoothly by the emperor, and any matters in the future are directly handled by the Imperial City Secretary, then what is the use of the entire court?
Doesn’t it mean that he was directly ignored by the emperor?
Therefore, even if they knew that Zhao Shen was extremely angry at this moment, the civil and military officials of the entire court would not compromise on this matter.
"Your Majesty decrees that anyone who breaks into the palace will be punished twenty times and will be expelled from the palace!"
Wang Quan announced the decree loudly, and then said with a wry smile, "My lords, the official family is very angry at this moment, so why should we be anxious?
Why don't you, my lords, retreat first and wait until the officials calm down!"
"snort!"
Ye Yong shouted angrily, "King Quan, remember your identity, do you want to change the Holy Father's will, or do you want to show favor to us?
If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will be guilty of interfering in politics!"